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"lovers" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
情侣 情侶 qíng lǚ sweethearts / lovers syn
有情人 yǒu qíng rén lovers syn
爱侣 愛侶 ài lǚ lovers syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
野鸳鸯 野鴛鴦 yě yuān yāng wild mandarin duck / (derog.) illicit lovers / unorthodox couple
梁祝 liáng zhù The Butterfly Lovers, Chinese folktale / abbr. for 梁山伯與祝英台|梁山伯与祝英台[Liang2 Shan1 bo2 yu3 Zhu4 Ying1 tai2]
幽会 幽會 yōu huì (usually of lovers) to rendezvous in secret syn
才子佳人 cái zǐ jiā rén lit. gifted scholar, beautiful lady (idiom) / fig. pair of ideal lovers syn
如胶似漆 如膠似漆 rú jiāo sì qī stuck together as by glue (of lovers) / joined at the hip syn
脚踏两条船 腳踏兩條船 jiǎo tà liǎng tiáo chuán lit. to stand with each foot in a different boat (idiom) / fig. to have it both ways / to run after two hares / (especially) to have two lovers at the same time
牛郎织女 牛郎織女 niú láng zhī nǚ Cowherd and Weaving maid (characters in folk story) / separated lovers / Altair and Vega (stars)
佳人才子 jiā rén cái zǐ lit. beautiful lady, gifted scholar (idiom) / fig. pair of ideal lovers
采兰赠芍 採蘭贈芍 cǎi lán zèng sháo lit. pick orchids and present peonies (idiom) / fig. presents between lovers
烈火干柴 烈火乾柴 liè huǒ gān chái lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom) / inferno in a woodpile / fig. consuming passion between lovers
藕断丝连 藕斷絲連 ǒu duàn sī lián lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom) / lovers part, but still long for one another
桑间濮上 桑間濮上 sāng jiān pú shàng Sangjian by the Pu River, a place in the ancient state of Wei known for wanton behavior / lovers' rendezvous
彤管贻 彤管貽 tóng guǎn yí presents between lovers
梁山伯与祝英台 梁山伯與祝英臺 liáng shān bó yǔ zhù yīng tái The Butterfly Lovers, Chinese folktale of the tragic love between Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai
赠芍 贈芍 zèng sháo to give peonies / fig. exchange of gifts between lovers
不是冤家不聚头 不是冤家不聚頭 bù shì yuān jiā bù jù tóu destiny will make enemies meet (idiom) / (often said about lovers who have a disagreement)
乐昌破镜 樂昌破鏡 lè chāng - pò jìng lit. the story of the broken mirror of Princess Lechang 樂昌公主|乐昌公主[Le4chang1 Gong1zhu3] (In the tale, the princess and her husband, fearing separation during the turbulence of war, broke a bronze mirror in half. They each kept one half as a token, with the promise to reunite by matching the pieces together. They were indeed separated, but eventually reunited, with the mirror playing a crucial role in their reunion.) (idiom) / fig. the reunion of separated lovers or the restoration of a relationship
破镜重圆 破鏡重圓 pò jìng - chóng yuán lit. the two halves of the broken mirror are rejoined (idiom) / fig. long-separated lovers are reunited / a broken relationship is restored syn
采兰赠芍 采蘭贈芍 cǎi lán - zèng sháo lit. to pluck orchids and gift peonies (idiom) / fig. (of lovers) to exchange presents
情头 情頭 qíng tóu "lovers' avatar" – avatar that matches the avatar of a significant other (e.g. two halves of one image, two images drawn in a similar style etc), used to indicate a romantic relationship (abbr. for 情侶頭像|情侣头像[qing2 lu : 3 tou2 xiang4])
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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